This assignment is definitely a writing assignment. It provides students guidance about the nature of the assignment and identifies the types of stress the instructor wants the students to examine. The assignment could be improved if the faculty member provided more information about the assignment itself. For example, by providing guidance as to the number of pages, what students should discuss first and provide examples of possible topics.

This assignment makes no mention of research. It is entirely unclear whether the faculty member is requiring students to do research or not. It may be that the faculty member shares this information face-to-face with students in class. However, it is always helpful to put this type of information in the assignment itself. If the faculty member specified that the students should do research and how they should proceed, it would then be classified as an information literacy assignment.